Improvement in hydrocarbon-furnaces and atomizing apparatus



R. n; TURNER. Hydrocarbon Furnaces and Atomizing-Appa'ratus.-

' N o.l58,7,59.

Patented Jar 1. 12,1875.

Witness is Mz 19M arm a part of this specification.

' of the atomizin g apparatus.

tudinal section of-an atomizing apparatus REUBEN D. TURNER,

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on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HYDROCARBON-FURNACES AND ATOMIZING APPARATUS.

Specification forming parto'i' Letters Patent No. 158,759., dated January 12, 1875;

. December 31, 1874.

' To all whom it may concern} Be it known that I, REUBEN D, TURNER,

of the city of New York,"lin the county ofNew York and State of New Yorlnhave invented;

hereby declare that the following is a full, cleaig f and exact description' thereof, which will enable others skilled iuthe artto which it per- 'tains to makeaud use "the same, reference bein ghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which Eigure'l is a perspective. Fig. 2 is a 10ngitudiual-vertical section of the heating-cyliir. der and shell. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section Fig. 4 is a longiwith one ejecting-tube, of the perforated core. 7 My invention relatesto an apparatus for Fig. 5 is a face view ato'm'izing petroleum and other liquid hydro carbons, and in atomic conditionsmixing them and. their vapors with steam,-superheated or otherwise, before and at'the point of combustion, for producing complete combustion in a heating-furnace, as hereinafter described.

A-represeuts a' boiler, and A a furnace. B

G are supply-tanks, and D is aheating-cylinder, all made of anyrequired capacity, and are connected by pipes E F, which are provided, respectively,.,with cocks b c; and for stationary engines, or on steamers, the tanks and cylinder may be located at any convenient distance from eachother. D vis a shell inclosingthe lowerpart ofthe cylinder. Tank B is provided With areceivingpipe, E, and stop-cock 0 G G represent steam-pipes leadin g from the boiler into the cylinder, and shell D'D. H is a tube. providedwith a core, at, having a hole in the center to receive the in- .ner tube, 6, and holes 0 for the passage of steam and vapor from the cylinder. K is a pipe extending through the top to the lower part of the cylinder, and oonnectingwith the outer end of tube 6., L is a pipe extending fromthe upper interior; part of the cylinder into the tube H. The pipes G, G, K, and L are provided, respectively, with cocksb b b 1).

application filed i M represents thehead of an atomizer attached to the end of the tube H, and is provided and ejecting-tubes c.: The atomiz'ermay bemade with anyrequired number of ejecting.

may be arranged convergingly or divergingly, :to conoentrate'or spread the flame, as may be required for different purposes. It represents an auxiliary device, having a stem, S, extend ing into tubes 6, and having branches 0 termipatin g in loops, toexten'd into and across the recesses d inthe head M. The tanks and cyl inder are provided with glass gagetubes g g 9 to indicate the quantity of oil in them and the cylinder-tanks, and all the pipes are made sulficien tl y strong to secure them against liability of breaking them by any pressure to which they may be subjected. The furnace is heated with fuel sufficiently to produce the requisite steam to heat the cylinder, andforce the oil into the furnace. The cylinder being supplied with oil, leaving sufficient space at the top for steam and vapor, the steam is conducted from ,the boiler, through pipe G, into the shell D, and when the oil in the cylinder is sufficiently heated the cock b in G is opened and allowed to flow into the cylinder, and cooks b? b" in pipes KL being opened, the oil is forced up through pipe K and tube 0, and the steam and vaporized oil from the top of the cylinder are forced through the pipe Linto tube H, and through holes a into the cavity N of the atomizer, where the oil, steam, and vapor "of oil meet, and are-mixed'together,

and, by the force of the steamand the opera- :tion of the separator R, the oil' is ,broken up .aud atomized, and ma mixed atomized condition the. oil, steam, and vaporized oil are forced, through the ejecting-tubes, into the furnace, Where they are immediately ignited.

To produce complete combustion certain proportions of oil and steam are required to be combined and mixed, as described. These proportions may be ascertained by turning on the required flow of steam, and then,at first, a partial flow of oil, and gradually increasing the quantity of oil till complete combustion is produced, which will be indicated by a perfectly white flame in the furnace; and indiwith a large cavity, N, and small recesses d, 7

tubes, as shown in Fig. 3, and these tubes cators properly adjusted may be employed to indicate the right proportions of oil and steam when ascertained.

I contemplate that by means of a pipe leadin g from the upper part of the cylinder to the boiler, suflicient quantities of vaporized oil may be thrown into the boiler to lubricate its inner walls, and prevent them from scaling, and also for lubricating the steam-cylinder.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An apparatus consisting of an auxiliary device, R, having stem S and branches 0, in combination with tubes 0 H, perforated core d, and head M, having cavity N, recesses d, and ej ectin g-openings e, for the purpose of atomizing petroleum and other liquid hydrocarbons, and *in atomic conditions mixing them and vtheir vapors with steam. before and at the iary device R, substantially as and for purposes described and shown.

In testimony-that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

. REUBEN D. TURNER.

- Witnesses:

GILBERT B. ToWLEs, PHILA'NDER F. Gr'msn. 

